The Short-Lived White Moonlight Awakens

Jiang Yaoling transmigrates into the cultivation world as a top-tier rich second-generation, the beloved darling of the Sword Sect, with every spirit stone, elixir, and magical artifact she could want. Her life seems certain to end in stable happiness.

Until she realizes she is the early-dead beloved of the domineering male lead.

When the male lead joins the Sword Sect, he is merely an outer disciple with unremarkable talent and cultivation. He uses the elixirs she provides to temper his meridians and raise his cultivation; wielding the artifacts she gives him, he defeats his fellow disciples and becomes the strongest of them all; spending her spirit stones to win people over, he takes all the attention for himself.

The male lead deliberately exposes the fact that she cannot cultivate, while claiming as his own everything she has done for the sect.

During the war between humans and demons, she fights a high-ranking demon to the death as a mere mortal. The male lead takes credit for her sacrifice, winning the admiration of the world and earning the title of Swordsmanship's greatest master.

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When Jiang Yaoling comes to her senses, the story has already reached the point where the male lead exposes her complete lack of talent for cultivation.

The elders and disciples look disappointed. Across from her stands the domineering male lead, someone she can't beat even if she tries.

She resolutely slings a wooden sword over her shoulder and heads down the mountain, leaving behind a lonely, tragic profile.

Depending on others is no better than relying on yourself. Why not find another way? Even a delicate little flower can turn the tables on a domineering male lead!

At the Shanhai Grand Gathering, heroes and talents assemble.

An unknown seventeen-year-old sword cultivator bursts onto the scene, defeating her peers' prodigies with a single move and becoming the clear-cut number one on the Heaven Ranking.

[Her peers' inner thoughts: The elders are going to chew us out when we get back! Give us a chance, will you?!]

With a single sword, she sweeps aside the demon clan's three great guardians and badly wounds its elite forces.

[The demons' inner thoughts: Huge bounty! Who's seen my head?! Searching for my head all over the place.jpg]

Alone with her sword, she breaks through the Demon Lord's domain, then wins him over through sheer force of personality (read: coercion) and makes him sign a treaty of friendship between humans and demons.

[The Demon Lord's inner thoughts: Goodbye, wife. I'm about to set off on a long voyage. Don't save me any dinner tonight, sob sob sob.]

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After the domineering male lead's opportunities are ruined, he flies into a rage and challenges the mysterious sword cultivator to a fight to the death.

The crowd falls silent for a moment.

A girl in a cicada-wing gauze dress and a belt embroidered with qilin patterns, fluttering butterflies all around her, smiles as she squeezes out of the bustling crowd.

She sweeps up her sleeve and raises a hand. Sword energy sweeps across the clouds.

"Jiang Yaoling of the Sword Sect."

"Please, teach me."

* A goofy female-lead power-up story

* Playing the pig to eat the tiger, feel-good revenge against scumbags

* More to come

[May 6, 2024]

Theme: Hard work can change your fate